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Where does “unfoolable” come from?

unfoolable (English) comes from English foolable, from English fool, from French fouler, from Middle French fouller, from Old French foler, from Medieval Latin fullo, from Latin fullo, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-.

unfoolable (English): Impossible to fool, not foolable

Definitions

  1. Impossible to fool, not foolable

Ancestry of “unfoolable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfoolableAble to be fooled
2EnglishfoolA person with poor judgment or little...
3Frenchfoulerto stamp, impress, dent; to mill; to walk on,...
4Middle Frenchfoullerto mistreat
5Old Frenchfolerto destroy; to mistreat
6Medieval Latinfullofuller
7Latinfullofuller
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
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